Glen or Glenda
I Changed My Sex!
Dramatransvestismtransvestitepsychologysurrealismsex changeb moviedocudramapsychiatristtolerancesecret lifecampylgbt
A surreal, psychologically-minded exploration of gender identity and cross-dressing told through dream sequences and psychiatric framing, marked by earnest advocacy for tolerance amid 1950s social anxiety.
Glen doesn't dare tell his fiancée Barbara that he is a transvestite known as Glenda; in addition, Alan is undergoing medical treatment to become a woman named Anne; both stories are told by a psychiatrist.
Essence
Ensemble
Timothy Farrell
Dr. Alton / Narrator
Bela Lugosi
Scientist
Edward D. Wood Jr.
Glen / Glenda (as Daniel Davis)
Lyle Talbot
Inspector Warren
Dolores Fuller
Barbara
'Tommy' Haynes
Alan / Anne
Charlie Crafts
Johnny (as Charles Crafts)
Conrad Brooks
Banker / Reporter / Pickup Artist / Bearded Drag (as Connie Brooks)
Henry Bederski
Man with Hat and Receding Hairline (uncredited)
Carol Daugherty
Woman in Nightmare (uncredited)
'Captain' DeZita
The Devil / Glen's Father (uncredited)
Helen Miles
(uncredited)
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